Re: debian first in slashdot poll
slink DID come with ipchains, at least it did when I installed it. Of course,
ipchains is useless if you didn't install a 2.2 kernel.
Dave Bristel
On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Steve Willer wrote:
> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 11:56:39 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Steve Willer <willer@interlog.com>
> To: Steve Lamb <morpheus@rpglink.com>
> Cc: Joop Stakenborg <aba@casema.net>, debian-devel@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: debian first in slashdot poll
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> On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Steve Lamb wrote:
>
> > > Are there any dists where you can't compile your own kernel? Certainly,
> > > you can with RH.
> >
> > My point is that the issue of Slink shipping with 2.0.36 is irrelevant
> > because you can compile your own kernel. In fact, of all the components of
> > this OS in which the "latest and greatest" means the least is the kernel
> > because one should recompile it with the needs of the specific box that it
> > will be running on.
>
> That's true, with caveats. Slink didn't have ipchains, it didn't have a
> 2.2 kernel compatible dhcp, etc. For some systems a 2.2 kernel would be
> unusable without compiling certain packages yourself.
>
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